A Master Bedroom Is Born (Almost)

I’ll take pictures next week once everything is in place. The only thing not yet chosen is the fabric for the curtains. It was all looking a bit too dur with the grey and green-grey; but I think I’ve fixed that with some colourful table lamps and an absolutely magnificent art-deco era Tibetan rug. It’s somewhere between a Joan Miró and an impressionist painting.

The lamps are quite simple and made of glass (and were a fantastic price!)

You can always do what I do. My (real) job is identifying items that were wrongly catalogued. I go through about 300 pages per day. If I’m manic I can go through up to 1000. Four of five times per year I find extraordinary deals.
Do you want to know how much my Tibetan rug cost when I found it listed as a ‘modern carpet’ in a German auction?

If you’re ever in the market for something, just let me know, I’ll keep my eyes open.
All my fellow dealers who are also friends send me lists of things they’re looking for just in case I come across something 😉

The pattern is classic and known as lotus flower and vine, although this is a more stylised version (in unusual colours.) It represents a Buddhist story: “The Brahmin saw the Buddha Dipamkara at a distance and offered the five lotus flowers and the lady too did the same with the remaining two flowers. The seven lotus flowers in total formed a garland in the air by itself. ”
From 1912 to 1951 part of Tibet was British. I’m leaning towards that being the explanation for the rug. A British commission of a classical piece adapted to the British taste of the art-deco period.

I’m going to be Ms Contrary here and say I’m not fond of the rug. I prefer the Persian one you’ve shown before. The lamps are strange, quite sort of seductive. They’re a sort of deep morello cherry colour by the look aren’t they?

The Persian Heriz IS IN SPAIN! Someone else is walking on it. All of the large rugs stayed. It’s going to take me a while to put together another collection like that.
The deco rug is very unusual. Not the sort of thing I’d normally choose, but I think it’ll work with everything else in the room.
The lamps are aubergine. When you light them they look light amethyst, whcih is amusing.

I couldn’t have left mine. I’d leave the Turkish one and a small runner, but not the Persian.
Let’s be honest you bought the rug because it was a bargain! I think the lamps are an inspired choice to match though, whether aubergine or amethyst.